Meet Sundar Pichai, Google Android's New Spearhead
After IIT Kharagpur, Pichai did a Masters in engineering and materials science at Stanford University in the U.S. Later on he also got a Masters in business administration from the Wharton School of Business, where he was named a Siebel Scholar and a Palmer Scholar.
After his graduation, Pichai started working with the engineering and product management divisions of semiconductor maker Applied Materials and as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co.
Pichai at the Helm of Google
It wasn’t long before Pichai’s name started coming up with Google. In 2004, Pichai joined Google as the vice president of product management, where his duties involved leading the innovation team for Google's Chrome and Chrome OS.
Pichai’s growth at Google was uncompromisingly fast. Pichai spearheaded other Google search products, like Google Toolbar, Chrome, Desktop Search, Gadgets, Google Pack, Google Gears, Firefox extensions, apps such as Gmail and Google Maps and Mac products.
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